GRE Word List
ROUSING
giving rise to excitement : stirring
The meaning of the word rousing is giving rise to excitement : stirring.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| implicate | to bring into intimate or incriminating connection |
| maelstrom | a powerful often violent whirlpool sucking in objects within a given radius |
| accoutre | to provide with equipment or furnishings : outfit |
| belligerent | inclined to or exhibiting assertiveness, hostility, or combativeness |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| glacial | suggestive of ice: such as |
| contagion | a contagious disease |
| writhe | to twist into coils or folds |
| whimsy | whim |
| gnarled | full of knots or gnarls : knotty |